Is Nigel Farage heading for the Lords?

He has been in the European Parliament since 1999, twice failed to get elected to Westminster, and recently made it to Trump Tower as a guest of the US president-elect.
But could the House of Lords be Nigel Farage's next stop?
Prime Minister Theresa May declined to rule out the idea when it was put to her during Prime Minister's Questions.
This has reignited a debate about whether UKIP's acting leader could soon be sitting on the famous red benches.
'Not discussed in public' SNP MP George Kerevan raised the question during PMQs, asking Mrs May whether there had been any "official... read more

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